The Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves cast actually played D&D

Chris Pine, who portrays the bard Edgin Darvis, an ex-Harper and the de facto leader of the party says of the D&D game:

Playing Dungeons and Dragons, it's such an incredibly creative game. The game teaches camaraderie, friendship—we had a blast.

Michelle Rodriguez, who plays Holga Kilgore, the Barbarian, concurred, saying "it stimulates your creative powers" and later added the game is "a lot of fun.

And the short clip does appear to confirm the fun part. The actors, dressed in casual attire, flanked by rulebooks, character sheets, and miniatures while eating snacks as they rolled their dice and laughing as the D&D game session progressed. It is very much an accurate reflection of what a tabletop roleplaying table of players looks like.

Dungeons & Dragons had exploded in popularity in the 1970s when it was first created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson and published by TSR. Combining the fundamental elements of wargames with a free-form style of storytelling, D&D became a cultural phenomenon. After controversial negative press and bad business decisions, TSR was acquired by Wizards of the Coast (which would also later be bought by Hasbro). Under WotC, the third edition of D&D brought renewed interest to the roleplaying game.

Third edition and the revised 3.5 Edition brought more mainstream attention to the hobby. Some key Hollywood celebrities played the game and some continue their passion to this day. This includes industry personalities such as Iron Man and The Mandalorian's Jon Favreau, writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, My Chemical Romance frontman and Umbrella Academy writer Gerard Way, actors Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joe Manganiello, and Vin Diesel.

After a misfire with Fourth Edition, the third resurgence of D&D in the mid-2010s coincided with the actual play Dungeons & Dragons online sessions gaining popularity. The most notable of these is Critical Role. Spearheaded by Matt Mercer, Critical Role gathered mutual friends who just happen to be talented voice actors. The show is often credited as a big factor in generating interest in Dungeons & Dragons for the current generation of fans.

As fans of D&D have enjoyed these actual play sessions, the revelation that the cast of Honor Among Thieves also played at least one game piqued their interest. On social media, D&D fans are calling for the cast's game session to be fully uploaded or included as bonus behind-the-scenes content for the eventual home release of Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. In the meantime, fans of Dungeons & Dragons can get the stat blocks of Edgin, Holga, Doric, Simon, and Xenk via D&D Beyond for free.

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